Woman seeks compensation from South Korea over her forced adoption to France in 1984
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Woman seeks compensation from South Korea over her forced adoption to France in 1984
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"Her case was highlighted last year in an Associated Press investigation in collaboration with FRONTLINE (PBS). The investigation found that South Korea's government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem for decades to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas through questionable or downright unscrupulous means. Their stories have triggered a reckoning that has shaken the international adoption industry, which took root in South Korea before spreading worldwide."
The Independent sends reporters to cover topics including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, and produces documentaries like 'The A Word' focusing on American women fighting for reproductive rights. Donations fund journalists to report from the ground and to present multiple perspectives without paywalls, maintaining free access to quality journalism. A 52-year-old adoptee, Yooree Kim, filed for compensation from South Korea after being documented as an orphan despite having a family. An Associated Press and FRONTLINE investigation found decades of collusion involving governments and agencies that sent roughly 200,000 Korean children overseas through questionable means, prompting a reckoning in the international adoption industry.
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